322 



BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



CORN-MEAL. 



[From John L. Holley, South Amherst, Mass.] 

 Ninety-two per cent, passed through mesh, 144 to the square inch. 



The article is a fair specimen of its kind. As a more 

 detailed discussion of tiie composition of corn may not be 

 without some interest in this connection, I refer to the results 

 of an examination of eleven prominent Eastern, Western, 

 and Southern varieties, which have been published in the 

 annual report of the Massachusetts State Board of Agricul- 

 ture for 1879. The samples of corn which served for my 

 investigation were furnished by well-known parties. The 

 mode of cultivation and of manuring was stated, and the 

 material had been collected with care. The analytical work 

 was carried on with a view of securing results of a strictly 

 comparative value. They were stated with reference to a 

 corresponding amount of moisture, to render differences in 

 composition prominent at sight. The actual demonstration 

 of the influence of the particular condition of the soil on the 

 feeding value of the same variety of corn raised upon it 

 (independent of varying quantity) deserves a serious con- 

 sideration. 



